Combustion-head for hydrocarbon-engines.



F. L. NICHOLS. COMBUSTION HEAD FOR HYDROGARB'ON ENGINES.

v APP'LIGATION FILED NOV. 23, 1906. RENEWED JUNE 17 1908. Y 910,220, Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

E ZI'ES SES 672? m I-Ieads for Hydrocarbon-Engines, of which UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRACTION VEHICLE AND RATION OF NEW YORK.

' CONLBUSTIO-N-IHIEAD FOR HYDROGARBION-ENGINES.

Specif cation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed November 23, 1906, Serial No. 344,720. Renewed June 17, 1908. Serial No. 439,041.

State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Combustion the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combustion head for hydrocarbon engines and is particularly the motive fluid.

The object is toprovide a construction which will prevent the vaporized oil from coming in contact with the water cooled surface, thus preventing condensation on this surface or these surfaces and hence perfecting the'combu'stion and increasing the fuel economy.

The accompanying drawing shows in longitudinal section the head and a portion of the tached.

The combustion head, denoted by 1, has a depending flange 2 which extends into the end of the cylinder 3, but is spaced a little distance from the interior surface of the cylinder throughout the greater extent of the flange leaving an annular space 4 between the cylinder and flange. The flange 2 is provided with an inwardly extending contracted neck 5 which projects within the annular wall 6 of a cup 7 formed on the outer face of the piston head 8. The neck' 5 is spaced a little distance from the inner face of the wall 6 of the piston head and the latter is preferably spaced from the cylindrical walls 9 of the'piston proper by some suitable non-heat-conducting material, not shown.

v The combustion head 1 with its flange 2 and contracted neck -5 forms the top and side wall of the combustion chamber and projecting the mixed oil and air in the direction shown by dotted lines against the well adapted for use in connection with an cylinder to which. the head-is at RQWER COMPANY, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, A CORPO- 'vaporizin' flanges 11 which depend from the top 0 the combustion chamber.

The annular space 4: between the flange 2 andthe water cooler cylinder 3 is made just sufficient to maintain the wall of the combon engines in combination with a c linder and, iston, the wall of the com ustion cham er extending within andspaced from the wall of the cylinder, the inner end of the wall of the combustion chamber being has been found in practice- 1. A combustion chamber for hydrocar-.

developed into a contracted neck and the .piston bein provided with a cup for the reception 0 said neck..

' 2; A combustion chamber for hydrocarbon engines in combination with a fluid cooled cylinder,-and a piston, the wall of the combustion chamber extending within andspaced a little distance from thewall of the cylinder,'the imier end ofuthe'wall of the combustion chamber being developed into a in the form of a contracted neck, the said as my invention, I have signed my name in head being further provided with atomizing presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of flanges extending inwarily from itls to in October 1906. I atomizing -nozz e locate at the si e 0t t e v 5 head in position to direct the air and vapor FRANK xa against the flanges and the cylinder and the Witnesses: piston arranged tpcoact with the head. THOMAS How,

In testimony,'that I claim the foregoing HERBERT S. MILLER. 

